CCAGW Political Action Committee Runs Ads Supporting Taxpayer Hero John McCain.WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGWPAC) today unveiled an ad it is running in four swing-state media markets across the country. The thirty-second ad will run on cable television between Monday, October 6 and Sunday, October 19, 2008 in: Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. ; Richmond, Virginia Richmond IPA: [ɹɯʒmɐnɖ] is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. ; Hampton County, Virginia (the Norfolk-Portsmouth area); Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the county seat of Lancaster County. With a population of 55,351,[1] it is the 8th largest city in Pennsylvania, behind Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, ; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Orange County, Florida Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida and is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population is 1,043,500. [1] The county seat is Orlando. (the Orlando-Daytona Beach area). It will run a total of 1,014 times during programming on cable stations such as TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , Lifetime, and the USA Network. The ads are estimated to reach 930,707 adults aged 35 or older, or 41 percent of the 35 and older population, in these cable markets. The ads point out Sen. McCain's anti-pork barrel spending record during his 25-year career in the U.S. Senate and contrasts it with Sen. Barack Obama's record on congressional pork-barrel earmarking  It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled Earmark (USA). .
The script for the ad reads: "John McCain. Not just a war hero. A taxpayer hero. In 25 years, McCain never requested a single pork barrel spending project. Not a dime in special interest earmarks. Barack Obama? $740 million in special interest earmarks in just 3 years. There's nothing Washington's tax-and-spend politicians fear more than John McCain in the White House. The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste PAC is responsible for content of this advertising." The ad can be viewed on the CCAGWPAC's website, www.ccagwpac.org. CCAGWPAC is affiliated with the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, a 501(c)(4) organization. CCAGWPAC's mission is to support political candidates who will fight to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government and represent the best interests of taxpayers. Paid for by the Council for Citizens Against Waste Political Action Committee. http://www.ccagwpac.org. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. |
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